Wave presser



June 21,1938. N. L. SOLOMON WAVE PRESSER Filed Nov. 11, 1935 ATTORNEY Patented June 21, 1938 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 23 Claims.

My present invention deals with an improved device for dressing hair and in particular has to do with a hair wave presser of the type characterized by spring controlled and normally closed complementary hair clamping jaws. In the type of wave presser alluded to, it has been customary so far as I am aware to utilize spaced teeth of the complementary jaws to collect therebetween at least a portion of the wave. In such case, however, the wave, straddled by the complementary jaws, was not supported at its crest. In actual practice, I have discovered that if thewave be supported at its crest and lifted upwardly, a

greater portion of the wave may be interposed between and clamped by the complementary jaws. Accordingly the primary object of the invention is realized in the provision of a pivotally arranged hair liftable member insertable under the hair to be treated, and straddled by the sides of the wave which in turn are removably embraced or straddled by the complementary clamping jaws. The invention has as a further object the provision of a hair lifting member adapted to support a portion of the hair to be pressed-and pivotally carried by one of the complementary jaws and automatically adapted to bepivotally displaced'out of a housing constitfited by the jaws upon-opening or separation of the latter.

The invention has as a further object to proproved wave presser of the character referred to in which a pivotally connected intervening hair.

lifting tongue or lever is downwardly displaced upon the separation of the jaws and upon the closing of the latter the hair lifting lever is automatically restored to a normal position to be straddled by the closed jaws.

My invention also comprises novel details of improvement which after set forth and then pointed out pended claims.

Reference is had tothe accompanying drawing forming a part hereof, wherein:

Fig. 1 illustrates in perspective one form of wave presser according to my invention shown opened and with the hair liftable blade or tongue having its major portion extending below the housing thereof.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal andelevational inside view of one of the complementary jaws and its companion hair lifting member in a normally raised position.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a side view of Fig. 3, however, exhibitin the apvide a novel functional and structurally im-' will be more fully herein-.

ing the jaws separated and. the hair lifting member on tongue swung. downwardly.

Fig. 5 illustrates a side view of the wave presser, showing the hair lifting member straddled by a wave which is clamped thereto by the closed complementary jaws.

Fig. 6 is a front elevational and broken view illustrating another form according to the invention.

Fig. '7 is a fragmentary view of Fig. 6.

Fig. 8 is a side view of Fig. 7 illustrating the hair clamping jaws closed and showing the control means for actuating the hair lifting member for automatically lowering or raising the latter upon separating or closing of the complementary jaws respectively. r

Fig. 9 is a side view of Fig. '7 but exhibiting the jaws separated and the hair collecting or lifting member displaced out of the wave presser by the control means.

Fig. 10 illustrates a longitudinal broken view of another embodiment according to the invention. Fig. 11 is a fragmentary longitudinal view of another modification.

Fig. 12 is a view taken along the line Fig. 11.

Fig. 13 is a perspective view of another form of wave presser shown open and Fig. 14 is a transverse sectional view of Fig. 13, however, illustrating the jaws closed.

In all of the forms disclosed, the wave presser generally denoted I0, comprises a pair of similar and opposed complementary juxtapositioned pivotally associated arcuate hair clamping jaws II and I2. Each jaw embodies a one piece member having a finger manipulating piece l3, a longitudinal reinforcing or stiffening bead M, a vertically disposed perforated side wall I5, and an outwardly and downwardly extending uninterrupted lip or flange IS.

The opposing finger pieces I3 each include transversely disposed lugs 11 pivotally disposed on the fulcrum rod 18 which is surrounded by a helicoidalspring l9 having terminals 20 cooperating to hold the spaced finger pieces l3 in a normally diverged relation, thereby sustaining the vertical sides l5 of the pivoted pair of jaws in their closed position.

Pivotally carried by one of the jaws is a perforated hair lifting member or blade broadly denoted 2|. More particularly one end of blade 2| is offset at 22, thus providing 2. lug 23 which is pivotally secured to a companion rectilinear side I5 of one of the jaws by a rivet 24. It is thus apparent that the liftable member 2| takes the form of a lever adapted to be fulcrumed on the rivet and since one arm 25 of the lever is considerably longer than its other arm 26, the former will pivot downwardly by gravity when the finger pieces are brought towards each other during the separation of the complementary jaws which in effect constitute a retaining housing for the hair lifting member 2| in the latters elevated position.

In operation, the jaws of the wave presser are first separated upon the application of manual pressure on the opposed finger piece portions. Hence arm 25 falls downwardly by its own weight away from the jaws. The curved nose portion 21' is then inserted between the hair to be raised and the scalp and progressively moved under the hair to form or support a crest of hair mounted thereon. Subsequently, the jaws in their separated relation are pivotally displaced towards and over the hair straddling the hair lifting blade or tongue. Manual pressure is then removed and consequently sides l5 of the housing come together due to the action of spring terminals 20 and. snugly embrace or clamp corresponding sides of the wave against the intervening hair lifting blade, while the inclined or laterally projecting lips |6 form a relatively wide mouth or gap adapted to embrace the base of the wave, it being noted that lower face of nose 21 includes a tapered lower face 28 adapted to rest on the scalpas the pivoted blade is progressively moved under the hair when the jaws are. separated, and the perforations of the hair lifting member at least, in part, are disposed in registration with the perforation of the sides of the jaws to facilitate ventilation.

According to the embodimentillustrated in Figs. 69 inclusive, provision has been made for automatically and pivotally lowering the hair lifting member out of the housing during separation of the jaws and for elevating the hair lifting member to its normal position between the jaws during closing of the latter. For achieving this purpose, arm 26 of the hair lifting member is provided with a reduced extension 3|? slidably guided by and projecting into the arcuate cam slot 3| of an inclined and transversely disposed overhanging actuator plate 32 having a lower lug 33, rigidly fastened to a side l5 of one of the jaws by a rivet 34. I

In the closed position of the jaws, (Fig. 8) extension 30 is at the bottom part of the camslot 3| and the arm 25 is straddled by the jaws. With manual pressure applied to finger portions l3, the jaws progressively diverge and the extension 30 is carried upwardly in slot 3|, consequently raising lug 26 of the pivoted hair lifting member 2|. Hence arm 25 of the latter pivots or tilts downwardly and out of the housing constituted by the jaws (Fig. 9).

With the jaws separated and the arm '25 in an oblique angular relation thereto, the latter is moved under the hair and subsequently by merely removing finger pressure from the finger pieces, the jaws move towards each other but during this operation extension 30 moves downwardly in cam slot 3|. It follows therefore that the long arm 25 is progressively raised or tilted upwardly as the jaws progressively close. Hence the hair straddling the pivoted hair lifting member or tongue 2| will in turn be closely embraced or straddled by the sides of the jaws. In other words, the arcuate sides of the curved slot 3| serve as means for automatically actuating the pivoted hair collecting member 2| when the finger pieces l3 move either towards or away from each other.

In the embodiment according to Fig. 10, hair lifting member 25 is the form of an arcuately bent cylindrical arm 35 integral with fulcrum rod l8. With the jaws separated, free end 36 of arm or rod 35 is inserted under the hair and due to the resiliency of its curved connection with the fulcrum rod l8, arm 36 moves upwardly and lifts the hair after which the jaws are brought over the hair on the lifting member 25 and allowed to close, otherwise the construction in Fig. 10 is identical to the form according to Fig. 1.

According to the form illustrated in Figs. 11 and 12, each of the lips I6 is provided with an inwardly turned flange 40 each including spaced teeth 4| which serve to grip the widest portion of the wave, the teeth of the opposing jaws being disposed in the same plane while their flanges 40 are longitudinally curved. The hair lifting member 2|, however, extends beyond one end of the waver and is provided with an offset lug 42 hinged to jaws l2 by a rivet 43. When jaws H and I2 are separated, the perforated hair lifting member 2| swings downwardly, pivoting on rivet 43, by gravity. In other aspects, the form according to Figs. 11 and 12 is along the lines of the embodiment shown in Fig. 1.

The wave presser illustrated in Figs. 13 and 14 is along the lines of the form shown in Figs. 10 and 11 with the exception that the inwardly turned flanges 40 each include a single tooth 4|, the hair lifting member 2| comprises a reduced portion 5|! having its end pivoted to jaw cooperating with the adjacent tooth of jaw to limit downward pivotal displacement of the perforated hair lifting member, the diagonal disposed teeth being disposed in the same plane when the jaws are closed and are adapted to enter the base of the wave.

While the invention has been described in detail and reference has been made to a specific application thereof, it is to be understood that the invention herein disclosed is not limited to such specific application and it is intended that all matter contained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawing shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

I claim:-

1. A wave presser comprising juxtapositioned normally closed complementary hair clamping jaws defining a housing, hair lifting means interposed between said jaws and adapted to support the crest of a wave of hair, and means for holding said jaws against the sides of said wave disposed within said housing.

2. A wave presser comprising juxtapositioned pivotally interconnected complementary hair clamping jaws defining a housing, a lever pivoted to one of said jaws and adapted to support the crest of a wave of hair between said jaws, and spring means for urging the sides of said jaws against the sides of said wave to compress a portion of the latter within said housing against said lever.

3. A wave presser comprising a pair of juxta positioned pivotally interconnected complementary hair clamping jaws constituting a housing, and an elongated hair lifting member interposed between said jaws, said member being inaccessible to lift hair into said housing in the closed position of said jaws and accessible for lifting jaws.

4. A wave presser comprising pivotally interconnected jaws constituting a housing, an elongated hair lifting member pivoted to one of said jaws, said lifting member constituting an arm adapted toswing downwardly and out of said housing upon diverging of said jaws.

5. A wave presser comprising pivotally interconnected jaws constituting a housing, an elongated hair lifting tongue having one end pivoted to one, of said jaws, said tongue comprising an arm automatically adapted to swing downwardly and out of said housing upon diverging of said jaws.

6. A wave presser comprising pivotally interconnected jaws, an elongated hair lifting tongue having one end pivoted to one of said jaws and constituting an arm adapted to pivot downwardly upon the separation of said jaws, said arm defining means for supporting a crest of a wave of hair adapted to be interposed between said jaws, and spring means for removably clamping said jaws against the sides of said wave.

7. A wave presser comprising pivotally interconnected jaws constituting a housing, an elongated hair lifting tongue having one end pivoted to one of said jaws and constituting an arm adapted to pivot downwardly and out of said housing upon the separation of said jaws, said arm defining means for supporting the crest of a wave of hair adapted to be interposed between and straddled by said jaws, and means for holding said jaws in clamping relation with the sides of said wave straddling said arm.

8. A wave presser comprising pivotally interconnected longitudinally curved jaws constituting a housing, an elongated hair lifting tongue having one end pivoted to one of said jaws and constituting an arm' downwardly and pivotally displaceable out of said housing upon separation of said jaws, said arm defining means for supporting the crest of a wave of hair adapted to be interposed between and straddled by said jaws, spring means for clamping the sides of said jaws against said wave of hair straddling said arm, and laterally disposed means carried by said jaws adapted to straddle a relatively wide portion of said wave in the clamped relation of said jaws.

9. A wave presser comprising pivotally interconnected longitudinally curved, perforated and reinforced jaws, each having a flange, an elongated hair lifting tongue having one end pivoted to one of said jaws and constituting an arm adapted to swing downwardly upon separation of said jaws, said arm defining means for supporting the crest of a wave of hair adapted to be interposed between the sides of said jaws and spring means for clamping the sides of said wave in the closed position of said jaws, the flanges of said jaws defining a relatively wide mouth adapted to straddle a correspondingly relative wide portion of said wave.

10. A wave presser comprising pivotally interconnected jaws, a hair supporting member pivotally carried by one of said jaws, said member constituting an arm adapted to be interposed between and sustained by said jaws in the closed position thereof, said arm upon separation of said jaws adapted to automatically swing downwardly and away therefrom.

11. A wave presser comprising pivotally interconnected jaws,'an elongated supporting member pivotally interposed between said jaws, said member constituting an arm adapted to be sustained by said jaws in the closed position of the latter, said arm upon separation of said jaws automatically moving downwardly and away therefrom, and spring means for normally holding said jaws closed.

12. A wave presser comprising pivotally interconnected jaws, a hair lifting member pivotally displaceable relative to said jaws, said jaws having inwardly disposed toothmeans adapted to be inserted into the base of the wave straddled by said jaws. v i

13. A wave presser comprising pivotally interconnected jaws, an elongated hair lifting'member pivotally carried by one of said jaws, and means associated with said member and one of said jaws fortilting a portion of said member downwardly and away from said jaws during separation of the latter and for tiltably raising said portion as to be interposed between and sustained by said jaws upon closing of the latter.

14. A wave presser comprising pivotally interconnected normally closed jaws, a hair lifting member pivoted to one of said jaws, said member being pivotally and downwardly displaceable relative to said jaws upon separation of the latter, each of said jaws having an inwardly arranged tooth, one of which serves to limit downward pivotal displacement of said member.

15. A wave presser comprising a pair of pivoted jaws constituting a housing and a hair lifting member interposed between and swingable relative to said jaws in and out of said housing upon closing and separation respectively of said jaws.

16. A wave presser comp-rising a pair of pivoted jaws constituting a housing, a hair lifting member hinged to one of said jaws and disposed in said housing in the closed position of said jaws, and

automatic means for moving said member out of said housing or for raising said member within said housing upon separation or closing respectively of said jaws.

17. A wave presser comprising a pair of pivoted jaws, a hair lifting member hinged to one of said jaws, and means for actuating said member comprising cam means carried by one of said jaws and an extension carried by said member.

18. A wave presser comprising a pair of pivoted and longitudinally curved jaws, a hair lifting member hinged to one of said jaws, cam means carried by one of said jaws, and an extension actuated by said cam means during opening or closing of said jaws for tilting said member relative to the latter.

19. A wave presser comprising a pair of pivoted jaws, a hair lifting member hinged to one of said jaws, a plate carried by one of said jaws and having cam means, and means carried by said member cooperating with said cam means for displacing said member relative to said jaws during opening and closing of the latter.

20. A wave presser comprising a fulcrum rod, jaws pivotally carried by said rod, and a hair lifting extension integral with said rod and interposed between said jaws.

21. A wave presser comprising a pair of jaws each having a manipulating portion, fulcrum means pivotally sustaining said portions, spring means cooperating with said portions for normally holding said jaws closed, said jaws constituting a housing and adapted upon separation thereof to straddle a wave of hair, and a hair lifting member interposed between said jaws and adapted to elevate a portion of said wave as to be disposed between said jaws, said jaws in the closed relation thereof cooperating to compress the sides of said wave elevated by said lifting member.

22. A wave presser comprising a housing having a pair of juxtapositioned jaws each including an outwardly diverging manipulating portion, fulcrum means pivotally sustaining said portions,

spring means cooperating to diverge said portions hair lifting member within said housing and pivoted to one of said jaws, said hair lifting member adapted to tilt downwardly and out of said housing pursuant to separation of said jaws, said member in its tilted relation in respect to said jaws adapted to be disposed underneath a wave of hair whereby the sides of said wave straddle said lifting member, said lifting member in its tilted relation and straddled by said sides adapted to be seated on a head having said Wave to permit relative tilting of said jaws towards said lifting member to permit said jaWs'to straddle said sides and dispose said Wave within said housing, and means for closing said jaws for compressing said sides within said housing against said lifting member.

NATHAN L. SOLOMON. 

